Williamson's Weekly Nature Notes

I am not among them, any more than the north face of the Eiger fascinates me. Both are dangerous and claim a toll.

Not only must you be an expert, or in the company of one, or your gut flora can cope with the sort of extremes suffered by the 1912 Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson who ate his own dogs and possibly his fellow traveller when in extremis.

For me, blewits behave like indoor fireworks inside my insides. Yet other people queue up for them in markets in the Midlands.

The pale violet stem looks evil to me but friends claim Lepista saeva is far more savoury than supermarket mushrooms and probably very good for you as well.

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette November 21